Boer War (1899-1902)
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Personal: South Africa: Correspondence, Permits and Papers., 1899
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/23
Scope and Contents
File includes letters of introduction; Report by Captain Aylmer Haldane on the wreck of the Armoured Train, praising WSC's part in the action; papers on WSC's capture by and escape from the Boers.
Dates:
1899
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: South Africa: Maps and Notes., 1897 - 1900
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
1897 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Photographs, 1896 - 1957
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW II 8
Scope and Contents
1 WSC with Alcock and Brown (1919).
2 Armoured Train destroyed by Boers (15.09.1896).
3 Photos from Natal Archives - stone marking where WSC taken by Boers.
4 Memorial Stone Armoured Train.
5 WSC in Durban [South Africa] after his escape (1899).
6 Portrait of WSC by F.List (1957).
7 WSC on boat to South Africa and Armoured train.
8 Illustrations for 'Great Contemporaries': Georges Clemenceau, Philip Snowden, Lord Rosebery, George Bernard Shaw, Chamberlain,...
Dates:
1896 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs and drawings for the official biography, 1874-08 - 1900-08
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/1/24
Scope and Contents
Photographs for Volume I of the official biography, "Winston S Churchill" by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert (not all used): coloured print of John, Duke of Marlborough; ? Leonard Jerome and Clara Jerome; Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill on their engagement, 1874; Lady Randolph in riding habit with whip, Ireland, c 1877; Lord Randolph in fur coat, c 1884; WSC's prep school, Brighton [Sussex], during the Golden Jubilee, 1887; Lady Randolph, 1888-89; WSC in a school group at Mr...
Dates:
1874-08 - 1900-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Photographs and drawings for the official biography, 1892 - 1899
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/1/25
Scope and Contents
Leather wallet containing copies of three pencil sketches of Pamela Plowden [later Pamela, Lady Lytton] (1892) and one of Lady Randolph Churchill, possibly by Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, which WSC took to the Boer War, December 1899.
Dates:
1892 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Photographs of Winston Churchill as a soldier and in South Africa, 1900-08 - 1998
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/2/7
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Churchill in hussar dress uniform, 1895; in India with [?] polo ponies and Indian grooms, c 1896, and playing polo; Churchill as a war correspondent in South Africa, 1899; the armoured train [which was wrecked by the Boers on Churchill's capture]; his arrival at Pretoria as a prisoner of war and lined up with other prisoners; his arrival at Durban after his escape; with his fellow officers and with his pony as a Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse. Includes some...
Dates:
1900-08 - 1998
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/47
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (9); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (9); [Arthur] Halls, Private Secretary [to the President of] the Board of Trade; [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office (2); Herbert Truelove, Honorary Secretary, Chigwell [Essex] Urban District Chamber of Commerce (6); Reginald Maudling of...
Dates:
Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 173-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2024.
Item
"Prisoner of War", 1899-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/18
Scope and Contents
Photograph shows line of prisoners (WSC on the right, looking to camera).
Dates:
1899-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1899-11 - 1903-12
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister] on LSA's view of the hostilities between Bulgaria and Turkey; Jacques Bardoux (4); Edith Beaumont [later Edith, Lady Allendale] (2); Robert Brand on Imperial Preference, particularly on corn duty (2); John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir] asking for advice on some proofs [? of "The African Colony"] and on his relief that he didn't have to work for the Colonial Office; Joseph Chamberlain on subjects including thanking LSA for his views...
Dates:
1899-11 - 1903-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Proofs of "Materials for the history of South Africa": volume I, 1897 - 1898
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/74
Scope and Contents
Written by JWHM [?] as a history of the administration of 1st Lord Loch [former Governor of Cape and High Commissioner for South Africa].
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Proofs of "Materials for the history of South Africa": volume II (extracts), 1897 - 1898
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/75
Scope and Contents
Written by JWHM [?] as a history of the administration of 1st Lord Loch [former Governor of Cape and High Commissioner for South Africa]. Also includes some rough notes by JWHM on the administration of the territories under the control of the British South Africa Company, and also the cover of "The Phantom Rickshaw" by Rudyard Kipling.
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence N-Z., 1880 - Jun 1934
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/576A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Sir] Walton Newbold on economic issues; Harold Nicolson; Terence O'Connor on subjects including wireless broadcasting, Ireland and WSC's attacks on his speech; Sir Michael O'Dwyer; Herman Ould on the role of John Galsworthy's play "Justice" on prison reform; Edward Marsh on subjects including submarine campaigns (3); [Thomas] Guy Paget; [1st Lord] Portsea [earlier Bertram Falle]; [Frederick] Ponsonby [later 1st Lord Sysonby] on a libel case and distress to King...
Dates:
1880 - Jun 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, A-B. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Oct 1940 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/471A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (2) commenting on a book on WSC from the Alliance Press and a special edition of the Cuban paper Avance; Sir John Hammerton of Amalgamated Press Limited (2) sending a book "Other things than war" and an encyclopaedia of the war; [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office sending on an Arabic translation of the Gospel of St Matthew; Brigadier-General Cecil Aspinall-Oglander sending a "Victory" potato;...
Dates:
Oct 1940 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, C-D. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/472A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [2nd] Lord Chaplin sending brandy; Sylvia Checkley sending birthday wishes and flowers (5); [1st] Lord Davidson on an appeal fund for Wilson Carlisle, founder of the Church Army (2); Major-General [Charles] Constantine on meeting WSC and receiving a signed photograph from him; Captain A M Dick requesting an autographed photograph (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] and [James] Drawbell on Drawbell's book "All Change Here"....
Dates:
Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, K-Y., May 1941 - Nov 1942
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/449
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Harold] Clifford Smith on the gift of a damask napkin with pictures of [1st] Duke of Marlborough's victories; [3rd] Lord Rothschild [of MI5] on testing honey; [Ben] Russell of Cunard White Star Limited on seeds from the United States (2); [?John] Wood [WSC's accountant] on an old friend whose son is a POW. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and her secretary [Grace] Hamblin, WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and [Elizabeth] Layton, and [Prime...
Dates:
May 1941 - Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, N-Q., Feb 1942 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/476
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Leslie] Bradley [Director] of the Imperial War Museum, Eleanor Emery [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions], UK High Commissioner in New Zealand Sir Harry Batterbee (4), [Saville] Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] (3), [William] Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, and [Clement] Attlee [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs] on an inkstand presented to WSC by the New Zealand...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, R., Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/477
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Betram Rumble, Honorary Secretary of the Air Force Benevolent Fund on obtaining WSC's signature (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and "E S L" [Elizabeth Layton], [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries, Edith] Watson and "J M M" [John Martin], CSC and [her secretary] "G H" [Grace Hamblin], and "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC].Other subjects include: various gifts and items sent or offered to...
Dates:
Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, S., Dec 1942 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/478
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys sending on a pamphlet by [General Sir Bernard] Montgomery; Archdeacon of Quebec [Canada, Frederick] Scott sending copies of poems (2); Gladys Storey on her Bovril Fund; Lisa Sheridan, photographer, on taking photographs of WSC (5). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and "E S L" [Elizabeth Layton], [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] Leslie Rowan, Francis [Brown], [Edith] Watson, and "J H P" [John...
Dates:
Dec 1942 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, T-Z., Jan 1942 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/479A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office (2) and [Philip] Mitchell, Managing Director, Royal Mail House, (3) on gifts to WSC of an atlas of Poland and a statuette from the Ukrainian Democratic Colony of Sao Paolo [Brazil]; [6th] Lord Clarendon [earlier Lord Hyde], Chairman Revenue Committee, Toc H (2) requesting WSC's patronage for an event and inviting him to a luncheon; Reverend [James] Tomlin on publishing an anecdote about WSC at school; [John] Perowne of the Foreign...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Gifts K-Z:., Sep 1948 - Apr 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/379
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (on gifts to WSC) include: Samuel Kaplan, on gift of cigars and whisky; A E King, on copy of letter from Sergeant-Major A Brockie to his parents on WSC's escape from the Boers in 1899; Fred Lipmann, enclosing photographs of WSC, "Rufus" the poodle and the garden at Chartwell; Evelyn Waugh, on gift of cigars from Henry Luce; Reginald Maudling on gift of Armagnac; John Beasley, Australian High Commissoner, London, on gift of lambswool covered book from the Mayor of Melbourne, on...
Dates:
Sep 1948 - Apr 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Birthday greetings, 1899 - 1960
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/491A-F
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (concerning birthday greetings and good wishes following his fall) include: Joyce Hall; Winston Guest; Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand; John Peck; John Wilson [later 2nd Lord Moran]; Sir Albert Richardson, former President of the Royal Academy; Herbert Haseltine; Henry Laughlin; Maria Callas; Esmond [2nd Lord] Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth]; [Sir Alfred] Chester Beatty; Averell Harriman; Sir Hugh Tudor; Elizabeth Gilliatt; Sir [Edward] Spears; [1st Lord]...
Dates:
1899 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Birthday greetings: various bodies and acquaintances, and associated correspondence, 1894 - 1955
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/471A-G
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (concerning birthday greetings to WSC) include: Archibald Ballantyne, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society; Margaret, Lady Ebbisham, President of the Ladies' Imperial Chapter of the Primrose League; Tom O'Brien, M P for Nottingham; Una, Lady O'Dwyer; Sir Charles Petrie, Chairman of the 1900 Club; Harold Glanville; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore, Master of the Needlemakers' Livery; [7th Lord] Nelson; William Nunn; Bryce Nairn; "Harry" [1st] Lord McGowan; Sir Desmond...
Dates:
1894 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/417
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [4th] Lord Camden [John Pratt] on rationing on the Riviera, France; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry] (2); [Arnold] Heeney, Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada, on the Privy Council oath; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] and "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] on the death of Ronald Cartland; Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward], on a "health-giving lamp" and the Feathers Club (2); Robert...
Dates:
Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/102A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (6); various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ (14); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (11); Sir [James] Clifford Tozer on Plymouth [Devon] Fair; Moss Turner-Samuels; Julius Holmes [Minister,...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence M - Q., 31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/153A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William Mabane [Director, Kemsley Newspapers] asking if WSC could contribute to the Sunday Chronicle on United Europe and fears of a Socialist State; Marjorie Madan on publishing quotations from WSC (4); Stuart Mais on dedicating a book to WSC; 1st Lord Margesson; Louis Marin, member, French National Assembly; Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (4); Douglas Marshall, MP for Bodmin [Cornwall] conveying greetings from his constituency; John Martin [former Private...
Dates:
31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 290 - 297, closed under S40 and S41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act on advice from the Cabinet Office. Review date: 1 Jan 2021.